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Before leaving us he handed me a little card on which was inscribed the name of a diamond merchant in Amsterdam. "You are a sailorman," he said, buttoning up his coat. "You may be in Amsterdam one day. If you go to dat address dey vill buy the stone from you; but do not take one groschen less dan five hundred guineas. Good day, mynheer!" And he went out.
"You can take your half of the place that mother owned, and give it to the men that are trying to destroy father's character! But I shall never say that I wanted you should do it." "So that you don't say anything against it, I don't care what else you say." Suzette put on her jacket and stood buttoning it at her soft throat. "I do it; and I do it for mother's sake and for father's.
It hung limp for a moment in mid-air, fluttered weirdly, stood full and decorous buttoning itself, and sat down in his chair. "Drawers, socks, slippers would be a comfort," said the Unseen, curtly. "And food." "Anything. But this is the insanest thing I ever was in, in my life!" He turned out his drawers for the articles, and then went downstairs to ransack his larder.
'You spoke of my uncle, the Patriarch, observed Logotheti. 'Did I? Yes. Well, what sort of a gentleman is he, anyway? The question seemed rather vague to the Greek. 'How do you mean? he inquired, buttoning his coat over the wonderful waistcoat. 'Is he a friendly kind of a person, I mean? Obliging, if you take him the right way? That's what I mean. Or does he get on his ear right away?
But, altogether, he was very hazy on the subject." "Then we must go and ferret out this old man instantly," said Robin, buttoning up his coat, as if about to commence the journey at once. "Too late to-night, Robin," said Sam; "restrain your impatience, my boy. You forget that it sometimes gets dark in these latitudes, and that there are no street lamps on the country roads." "True, true, Sam.
The little man he found buttoning on a pair of black gaiters, the only serviceable decency he had at his command, which only rendered his denuded state more ludicrous.
Now then, I am ready for the fray again!" and buttoning himself closely up Mr. Hoare went on deck again. Jack Moore was the next to come down. "Captain's orders, steward. I am to have a glass of grog. Well, young gentlemen, this is a gale and no mistake. I have been at sea over thirty years, and have never seen anything to be compared with it.
Frank laughed loudly as the image of Uncle Joshua as he first saw him in the door, buttoning his suspender, presented itself to his remembrance; but he answered, "Yes, mother, I did see her father, and ’twas the richest sight I ever saw." He then proceeded to give a description of Mr.
"Give me that envelope you just took from my pocket," he commanded. "Oh, will I?" rejoined Benson. "Ask Mr. Farnum for it." "Hold onto that envelope, Jack," commanded the boatbuilder. Jack Benson thrust it into his inner coat pocket, next firmly buttoning the front of his coat.
At that the girls and boys all sprang to their feet and crowded around Uncle Teddy excitedly. "What shall we do?" they asked. "We'll take the big launch and go out and bring them in," he answered calmly. "Are you ready, Mr. Evans?" "Quite so," said Mr. Evans quietly, buttoning up his coat. "Oh, let me go along," begged the Captain. "Let me go, too," cried Sahwah, dancing up and down.
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